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What is longitude?

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What is longitude?
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Priya Singh 3 years, 11 months ago

the angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Satyajit Sahu 3 years, 11 months ago

Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary line that runs around the earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South poles. These lines are known as meridians. Each meridian measure one arcdegree of longitude.
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